Springs To Celebrate King Birthday On Jan. 18

December 18, 1991|By KIM MARGOLIS, Staff Writer

CORAL SPRINGS -- The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.`s birthday will be celebrated for the first time in the city next month -- two days early.

A committee of city officials, clergy and residents is planning a ceremony honoring the slain civil rights leader`s birthday. The program will take place on Jan. 18 at the City Centre, 2855 NW 29th St.

Although King`s birthday is nationally designated for Jan. 20, Coral Springs is having its festivities two days early so they will fall on a Saturday.

Committee members said they hope to increase awareness in Coral Springs of King`s works. King, a Nobel Peace prize winner who fought to end racial segregation, was assassinated in 1968.